Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tzu: 30 quotes that will help you become stronger and overcome challenges

Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tzu: 30 quotes that will help you become stronger and overcome challenges

If you’re having a hard time and it feels like all is lost, just study the list below.

You can refer to the experience of these sages endlessly. Their sayings will never lose their relevance. They are simple at first glance, but very profound when analyzed in detail. Sometimes, to be happy, you just need to change the angle of view and see the things that really matter. This is what we will learn from Buddha, Confucius and Lao Tzu.

This is what the Buddha said

At birth, he was named Siddhartha Gautama. When he understood the secrets of the universe and became enlightened, he was called Buddha. In Sanskrit, it means “The Awakened One.”

The main source, where facts about his life, wise sayings and excerpts from conversations are collected, is the Tripitaka set of sacred texts. The difficulty is that it is written in ancient Indian language and is difficult to understand. However, there are quite a few alternatives. We turned to the book Dhammapada, a collection of Buddhist sayings.

10 wise quotes from the Buddha

The fool who knows his folly is thereby already wise. A fool who thinks himself wise is truly called a fool.

Even if a person has done good, let him do it again and again, let him build his intentions on it. The accumulation of good is joyful.

As a sturdy rock cannot be moved by the wind, so the sages are steadfast in the midst of blasphemies and praises.

It is easy to do bad and harmful things to oneself. What is good and beneficial is extremely difficult to do.

He who has envy destroyed can achieve concentration day and night.

He who atones for the evil done by good deeds illuminates this world like the moon freed from the clouds.

There is no path that leads to harmony. Harmony is the path.

He who is filled with laziness, whose determination and thought are stifled, will not find the path to wisdom.

Renounce evil, increase good, purify your mind. This is the advice of all the Buddhas.

No matter how many words of wisdom you read or utter, what good are they if you do not put them into practice?

Confucius

The Chinese thinker built his teachings on the principles of ethics, morality and relationships between people. The essence of his philosophy is presented in the book “Lun Yu” (“Judgments and Conversations”). Here are collected memories of Confucius’ disciples, who broadcast his great sayings.

10 Wise Confucius Quotes

A precious stone cannot be polished without friction. Neither can a person become successful without enough hard attempts.

If you get spit on in the back, it means you are going forward.

Sometimes we see many things but miss the main point.

Study as if you are constantly feeling the lack of your knowledge, and as if you are constantly afraid of losing your knowledge.

When, having made a mistake, you do not correct it, it is called making a mistake.

Not he is great who has never fallen, but he is great who has fallen and gotten up.

A noble man makes demands on himself, a lowly man makes demands on others.

Teaching without reflection is useless, but reflection without teaching is also dangerous.

If you do not have bad thoughts, you will not have bad deeds.

Treat everyone with kindness and respect, even those who are rude to you. Not because they are decent people, but because you are a decent person.

Lao Tzu

The seminal treatise, where the ancient Chinese philosopher’s instructions are collected, is called the Tao De Ching (The Book of the Way and Grace). The most famous Russian translation is by the researcher Yang Hing-Shun.

10 wise quotes by Lao Tzu

Only he who has power can give it to others.

Knowledge of harmony is called constancy. Knowledge of constancy is called wisdom. The enrichment of life is called happiness. Striving to control the senses is called perseverance.

He who knows how to stand firm cannot be toppled. He who knows how to lean, cannot be toppled.

The overcoming of the difficult begins with the easy, the realization of the great begins with the small, for in the world the difficult is formed from the easy, and the great from the small.

The Perfectly Wise does not accumulate anything. He does everything for people and gives everything to others.

He who, having knowledge, pretends not to know, is superior to all. He who, having no knowledge, pretends to know, is sick.

The soft and weak overcomes the hard and strong.

He who perfects himself within himself, virtue becomes sincere.

The great consists of the small, and the great consists of the small. Hate must be answered with kindness.

When I am freed from what I am, I become what I can be.